Abstract
This paper analyzes pre-existing scholarship and primary sources to connect 19th–20th century anti-Chinese sentiment to the notions of masculinity in the Americas. It takes a trans-national approach, examining Chinese labor migrations to both Anglo- and Latin-America and the effect they had on notions of gender. The paper argues that frontiersmen in the Americas, many of whom engaged in non-normative gender and sexuality practices, used anti-Chinese xenophobia to reinforce traditional masculinity. Connecting phenomena of race, gender, and sexuality, it takes an intersectional approach to history.
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Comstock, Adam
(2024)
"Laborers and Laundrymen: Sinophobia and the Formation of American Masculinities,"
Proceedings of GREAT Day: Vol. 15, Article 9.
Available at:
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/proceedings-of-great-day/vol15/iss1/9